Summer is at an End....time to PAINT

 Hello once again all!

Summer is now over, Autumn is in the air.  It is starting to get colder....which means its now cool enough to basecoat!  So as always I spent my Summer months doing anything else than be hunched over a paint desk in my horribly humid house.

Now however...now it is time to how off just a little of what I have been working on in my spare time.  So without further ado...

30 Flagellants with a Prophet of Doom!

I'd been planning this unit for a good long while. Over the summer when I was not painting I was all over Ebay trying to find the Minis I was missing to complete the unit.  Now it is here.

I retired my old Warrior Priest and made him a Prophet of Doom as his esthetic matched the Flagellants much better that any other model.  I put a Banner bearer in the unit because this unit can dual use for Old World and not just 6th Edition.

Well 30 more models done after a long, lazy summer.  Whats next?  Wait and see!

-Commodus

February Schmebruary

Hello once again all!

So I had initially planned on posting this update back in February...heck I even started to with the title!  But I got distracted....mostly due to travel.  However in the proceeding months I managed to get a bunch of painting done.  So while I was quiet, I was not Idle!

So without further ado....

One Griffon Mech for Battletech!.  I actually have a small pile of Battletech minis I want to get done.  This one is my test scheme for the Crescent Hawks.  It came out okay mostly, I had an issue with the base coating from a white primer I was using to Zenithal the model with.  Probably wont use that spray bottle again, but I was able to strip it and start over.  Hopefully my next mech wont be as bad.

One piece of Warcry Terrain!  I had bought this as a separate sprue online almost 2 years ago and I figured I'd just get it done.  Painted entirely with craft paint and homemade wash.  Very happy with how it came out...even though I lost a piece and had to make one to replace it (Maybe you can tell which piece I lost!).

5 Oathmark Skeletons!  I most bought a sprue on a whim and decided I didn't want to add to my pile so I built and painted them right away.  They are good models but they are a little spindly so be careful when gluing them together!  But fun and easy to paint, do recommend!

So now next up...

One Dog of War Mercenary Cannon!  I've had this idea floating in my head for awhile as I have an unopened 7th edition starter set sitting in my hobby space.  While I have a Dwarf army technically....its specifically all metal so I have no room for these plastic Dwarfs.  So I decided to grab some spare models and kitbash a DoW cannon painted in my mercenary colours.  Overall fun to paint!

Go go along with that however....

Another Engineer!  Added once more to the pile.  I was honestly intimidated by this model.  I base coated it last year this time and its just bee sitting there, staring at me mockingly....but now he's done!  I do have one more Engineer I need to get done....maybe two (We shall see!).

And now for some fun...

RATS!  I decided to pound out a pile of Skaven.  6 Stormvermin, 3 Clanrats, a Gutter runner and a Plague Monk.  Just more to added to my Warhammer Skirmish team.

And lastly...

One Manticore for D&D!  I plan on adding this bad boy to my Gnoll Warband as a monster they control.  Also for generic D&D purposes he's on a larger base as he's an important villain for my campaign.  Overall I'm happy with him although I wish the skin was slightly better.

So 24 models painted in the last few months.  Added to my total I have managed 61 models for the year so far!  Happy with my progress and hope to get more done soon!

Until Next time!

- Commodus

2024! Lets get started.

Hello once again all!

I'm back once again.  The weather is cold and I got no place to go....which means painting!  So I started off this year with a few projects I want to finally get done...so here it goes!

My General!  Commodus Leitdorf!  The Last Elector of Averland.  He's been technically painted this whole time, but he was always kind of flat. So I washed and highlighted him and am VERY happy with how he came out.  The yellow came out nice and bright and not patchy like many other models.

Now for something that has been half done for about 10 years now...

 

 

30 Empire Swordsmen!  Yeah these guys have been half painted since around 2013-2014.  Just never got around to finishing them up.  Now they are done! Now to just show them off with their detachments.

Finally glad to get this unit out of the way so I can get other things done....

6 Pistoliers!  Now mind you I had painted the unit champion last year...so technically only 5 were painted...and even then it was mostly a refresh with washes and shading.  But it worked!  All done!

Now for one more....

 

One Grey Wizard!  This one has been sitting around almost as much as my Swordsmen.  But now he is done and ready for the battlefield!

So 37 models is a great way to start the year....going forward I may have other stuff in the works...

Stay tuned!

- Commodus

Warbands Getting Finished Left and Right!

Hello once again all!

Been a long (Hot) summer and I feel great!  While I did spend a great deal of time outdoors I also managed to get a bunch of stuff painted!  Well not a "bunch" but a "decent amount" would be more accurate.  So lets see what I got done!

3 More Frostgrave Minis. With these done I finish the Sprue I had bought.  I'm quite happy with how they turned out.  I do need to expand and get a few more Sprues in that range...in fact I do have another!  Oathmark!

One Oathmark Dwarf, One Bones Halfling Thief and one Dungeons and Doggos...well, doggo.  With these miniatures I have finally completed my Frostgrave Warband!

So I technically finished a project this year.  So go me!  But I also added two more...so boo.  Of course by that I mean I decided to dip my toes into 40k.  So lets take a look at some of my test minis.

For Warhammer 40k 10th edition  I decided to give Deathwatch a go.  While I have most of the rest of the squad partially painted this guy is the test model I managed to get done.  Overall I'm happy with how he came out and will hopefully get the rest of the units I have done in the new year.  Speaking of getting units done, I also took a stab at some older minis...

I got into some Oldhammer back during the summer and bought a bunch of cheap Space Marines to make a 3rd edition Blood Angels force.  It is mostly sitting in a carrying case but I got these models done as a test on how to paint red.  Very happy with the results (although the Dreadnought came out much lighter then I intended).

Next up!  Another project I finished!

The Leader of my Gnoll Warband is done!  Here's the whole Warband completed.  Now, with that being said I do have 5 more models I intended to add to it, hopefully in the new year.  But this is what the initial project called to have complete...and it is complete!  Go me!

And now to show off projects that have been sitting half done for AGES now that I finally completed.

        

        

12 Pestigors and 10 Dark Elf Crossbowmen!  Both of these units were projects started a few years ago.  in fact by "A few years ago" I mean 2013!  So I finally sat down and got them done and ready and I'm very happy with them being completed.

So, after several months of silence, this is everything I have painted in that time.  In fact I started writing this blog post in August and never got around to finishing it until now.  With the New Year in sight I only have a bit of time to add to my overall miniature count.  So I'll wait and see if I have anything else to add.

Until then!

- Commodus

May Showers Lead to More Painting....

Hello once again all!

I'm back once more with more painting done.  Its been a bit since an update but I have actually gotten a fair amount done.  So lets take a look at some of the stuff I managed to finish!

 

 

More Gnolls for my Warband!  Also a Half-Orc Barbarian I had left over from a Nolzur's pack I bought.  Figured I finally get home done and put away.

The Gnolls join my Warband which now only has one model left...technically two but the second one may take a bit to get ready.  I want to do some fancy basing with it.  Now with these five done what else do I have...

One Skaven Jezzail!  Adding it to my WARCRY 3 BLOOD DRAGON! Skaven Warband.  I also have just a few more to add to that one as well.  Might even have something to show off sooner than later!

Well thats it for now, back to the painting war....

-Commodus

Spring Update! Lets Gooooo!

Hello once again all!

I am back once again with another update.  I have a few more things that I managed to paint...although I will admit I haven't been working as hard as I had promised.  I did manage to paint stuff in the last 1.5 months sooo...

Two Soldiers for my Frostgrave warband!  One Man-at Arms (women in this case) and a Thief!  I bought a single sprue so have 3 more I want to put together and paint for this game.  Just to have variety in my future warbands!

Anyway next up...

More terrain!  This time Warcry Terrain I had bought.  Luckily people split up the box and sell individual sprues so you don't have to splurge on the whole thing.  This one tree is good scatter terrain for pretty much any game.  I have a few more sprues from Warcry sets, one of which I am assembling now but will probably be a bit before I get to it.

Next up!

Dark Elf Spearmen!  I did these guys mostly as test models and I like how they came out so I will have to work on getting a whole 25 man unit done now.  The scheme is pretty easy and quick...relatively.  Although I will admit whenever I first paint models it tends to go slow.  Anything after this should be a breeze!

Well all in all 8 models....although one should really count as at least 10....oh well!

Until Next!

-Commodus